The Random Sample

There's a global movement underway to tackle gender equity issues in Data Science. In 2015, Women in Data Science, or WiDS, was created. What started out as a conference at Stanford University has now grown into a worldwide initiative, with events in more than 200 countries, including Australia. In this episode, we chat with the Co-founder and Executive Director of the WiDS movement, Emeritus Professor Margot Gerritsen. 

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Every two years, Australia’s applied mathematics community invites a distinguished international academic to speak at universities across Australia.

This year, the AMSI-ANZIAM Distinguished Lecturer is Professor Konstantin Avrachenkov, Director of Research at France’s National Institute for Research in Digital Science and Technology, or INRIA.

The Random Sample caught up with Prof Avrachenkov at the recently held ANZIAM 2023 Conference in Cairns. Also joining us for this episode is his PhD Supervisor from some 20 years ago, Emeritus Professor Jerzy Filar.

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With the explosion of data everywhere, how do you prepare for the exciting new careers and jobs of the future, when many of them don't exist yet? With maths, of course! 

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The Fields Medal is the top award in mathematics and for only the second time ever, a woman has won it. In this episode, we explore the problem that Ukrainian mathematician Maryna Viazovksa solved and why it's so important.

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The Statistical Society of Australia turns 60 years old this year. In this episode, we celebrate this big milestone as we explore what the Statistical Society offers its members, look back at some of its history, and peek into the future, especially with the recent emergence of data science. Our guests are current SSA President Professor Ian Gordon, and SSA Immediate Past President, Associate Professor Jessica Kasza. The host is Cynthia Huang.

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One of the biggest challenges facing scientists in Australia is trying to protect and save a national treasure, the Great Barrier Reef. To do that, though, they need to understand it better. But this is not just a problem for ecologists and marine biologists to tackle. Mathematical and data scientists are heavily involved in the effort to save the reef. In this episode, we explore some of the questions they are tackling, what we’re learning because of them, and what the future might hold. Our guests are Dr Juan Ortiz from the Australian Institute of Marine Science and Professor Michael Bode from QUT’s School of Mathematical Sciences.

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We are excited to announce The Random Sample is returning soon! We’ve got some exciting new partners joining us as we continue to explore the world of maths, stats and data science and the impact these sciences have. Plus, we’ll meet some more amazing people along the way. Subscribe for free so that when we return soon, the episodes will just drop into your podcast feed!

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